Jim Lehrer will moderate the presidential debate set for Oct. 3 at Denver’s DU. Lehrer isn’t a first-timer: he kept order when Barack Obama and John McCain debated in 2008. And he subsequently said he’d never do it again.

Never say never.

The moderator and date lineup announced Monday: PBS’ Lehrer will moderate the first presidential debate on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver. Candy Crowley, host of CNN’s “State of the Union,” will host the second — a town hall format — on Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island.

Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.